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Overview

Stephen Dewhurst is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States and contributes to research primarily within the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics reflecting the intersection of behavioral health and cognitive processes. Key themes in their publications include behavioral health and interventions, memory processes and influences, sport psychology and performance, mental health research topics, motivation and self-concept in sports, psychological and temporal perspectives research, and sports performance and training.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Dewhurst include:

  • "Competition Anxiety in Combat Sports and the Importance of Mental Toughness" (2023), published in Behavioral Sciences
  • "The relationship between depressive symptoms and positive emotional anticipation of goal achievement" (2023), published in Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
  • "The effect of dysphoria on the relationship between autobiographical memories and the self" (2020), published in Cognition & Emotion
  • "The influence of mental toughness on responses to feedback in snooker: A real-time examination" (2023), published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • "The effect of survival processing on memory for pictures depends on how memory is tested" (2023), published in Memory

Dewhurst frequently collaborates with several researchers, illustrating partnerships that contribute to their body of work. Prominent co-authors include Rachel J. Anderson, John L. Perry, J. Helgi Clayton McClure, David Howe, and Kevin J. Riggs.

The primary venues for Dewhurst's research publications reflect consistent contributions in areas related to psychology and neuroscience. These venues include:

  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Memory
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
  • Cognition & Emotion

Best Publications

  • Human Herpesvirus-6 Infection in Children -- A Prospective Study of Complications and Reactivation

    Caroline Breese Hall;Christine E. Long;Kenneth C. Schnabel;Mary T. Caserta

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor α Inhibits Glutamate Uptake by Primary Human Astrocytes IMPLICATIONS FOR PATHOGENESIS OF HIV-1 DEMENTIA

    Steven M. Fine;Robert A. Angel;Seth W. Perry;Leon G. Epstein

  • Human Herpesvirus 6B Genome Sequence: Coding Content and Comparison with Human Herpesvirus 6A

    Geraldina Dominguez;Timothy R. Dambaugh;Felicia R. Stamey;Stephen Dewhurst

  • Classification of HHV-6A and HHV-6B as distinct viruses.

    Dharam Ablashi;Henri Agut;Roberto Alvarez-Lafuente;Duncan A. Clark

  • Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced apoptosis in human neuronal cells: protection by the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine and the genes bcl-2 and crmA.

    Angela K. Talley;Stephen Dewhurst;Seth W. Perry;Sheila C. Dollard

  • Macrophage Tropism of HIV-1 Depends on Efficient Cellular dNTP Utilization by Reverse Transcriptase

    Tracy L. Diamond;Mikhail Roshal;Varuni K. Jamburuthugoda;Holly M. Reynolds

  • Nerve Growth Factor-Dependent Activation of NF-κB Contributes to Survival of Sympathetic Neurons

    Sanjay B. Maggirwar;Patrick D. Sarmiere;Stephen Dewhurst;Robert S. Freeman

  • Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) variant B accounts for the majority of symptomatic primary HHV-6 infections in a population of U.S. infants.

    S Dewhurst;K McIntyre;K Schnabel;C B Hall

  • Persistence of human herpesvirus 6 according to site and variant: possible greater neurotropism of variant A

    Caroline Breese Hall;Mary T. Caserta;Kenneth C. Schnabel;Christine Long

  • Neuroinvasion And Persistence Of Human Herpesvirus 6 In Children

    Mary T. Caserta;Caroline Breese Hall;Kenneth Schnabel;Kim McIntyre

  • Sequence analysis and acute pathogenicity of molecularly cloned SIVSMM-PBj14.

    Stephen Dewhurst;Janet E. Embretson;Daniel C. Anderson;James I. Mullins;James I. Mullins

  • Congenital infections with human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) and human herpesvirus 7 (HHV7).

    Caroline Breese Hall;Mary T. Caserta;Kenneth C. Schnabel;Christian Boettrich

  • Neuronal fractalkine expression in HIV-1 encephalitis: roles for macrophage recruitment and neuroprotection in the central nervous system.

    Ning Tong;Seth W. Perry;Qing Zhang;Harold J. James

  • Human herpesvirus-6 strain groups: a nomenclature

    D. Ablashi;H. Agut;Z. Berneman;G. Campadelli-Fiume

  • HIV-1 Tat Induces Neuronal Death via Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Activation of Non-N-methyl-d-aspartate Receptors by a NFκB-Independent Mechanism

    Deborah R. New;Sanjay B. Maggirwar;Leon G. Epstein;Stephen Dewhurst

  • HIV-1 tat-mediated activation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β contributes to tat-mediated neurotoxicity

    Sanjay B Maggirwar;Ning Tong;Servio Ramirez;Harris A Gelbard

  • Persistent productive infection of human glial cells by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and by infectious molecular clones of HIV.

    S Dewhurst;K Sakai;J Bresser;M Stevenson

  • Akt inhibitors as an HIV-1 infected macrophage-specific anti-viral therapy.

    Pauline Chugh;Birgit Bradel-Tretheway;Carlos M R Monteiro-Filho;Vicente Planelles

  • Platelet-activating Factor Receptor Activation AN INITIATOR STEP IN HIV-1 NEUROPATHOGENESIS

    S W Perry;J A Hamilton;L W Tjoelker;G Dbaibo

  • Differences in cytopathogenicity and host cell range among infectious molecular clones of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 simultaneously isolated from an individual.

    K Sakai;S Dewhurst;X Y Ma;D J Volsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Harris A. Gelbard
Harris A. Gelbard University of Rochester Medical Center
Sanjay B. Maggirwar
Sanjay B. Maggirwar George Washington University
Baek Kim
Baek Kim Emory University
Leon G. Epstein
Leon G. Epstein Northwestern University
Howard E. Gendelman
Howard E. Gendelman University of Nebraska Medical Center
Caroline B. Hall
Caroline B. Hall University of Rochester
William J. Bowers
William J. Bowers University of Rochester
Howard J. Federoff
Howard J. Federoff University of California, Irvine
David J. Volsky
David J. Volsky Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Luis Martínez-Sobrido
Luis Martínez-Sobrido Texas Biomedical Research Institute

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